pidginization
- noun
- /ˌpɪdʒɪnəˈzeɪʃən/
- Specialized
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pidginización
- pidginization occurs when people who speak different languages develop a simplified means of communication.
Examples
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Linguists study pidginization to understand how new languages emerge from the need for speakers of different tongues to communicate.
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The process of pidginization often happens in trade areas where diverse languages need to be understood.
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Pidginization and Cultural Change
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Carried to completion, substantive pidginization results in distinct pidgin languages.
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In particular, I will employ Samarin's (1971) analysis of pidginization, which focuses on the processes, not the results of change.
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Samarin's (1971) analysis of pidginization focuses on the general processes underlying language and cultural contact.
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The changes introduced by the government's intervention in Managalase land tenure demonstrate the processual characteristics of hegemony, which follow the pattern of pidginization.
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The salient features of change to both the internal structure of the Managalase land tenure system and its scope of application are consistent with the general, substantive processes of pidginization.
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HEGEMONY AND CULTURAL PIDGINIZATION
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But Samarin (1971) contends that pidginization is a ubiquitous process that occurs in varying degrees when communication bridges different languages, dialects, and sociolects.
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How Developed
Surface Forms
Morphology
pidginization = pidginize (semi-transparent) = pidgin + ize + ation
The word is built by regular suffixation from 'pidginize', but the specialized base word 'pidgin' may not be familiar to all learners.
Etymology
Pidginization comes from pidgin, a name for a simple trade language people used to talk across language differences. One popular story says pidgin came from how Chinese speakers said the English word 'business', which helps you remember that pidginization is the process of making a simple language so people from different language groups can communicate.
